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That's up to you. Honest people do exist though. It's just they're rare. But to comfort you, even an honest person sins a little, dies a little. You can be very honest, but you can never be perfect in everything, stays only at some things.
Why do you want to be perfect anyway? It's okay being imperfect. All you need is to have people who love you the way you are.
Why do you want to be perfect anyway? It's okay being imperfect. All you need is to have people who love you the way you are.
Yes it is possible, but very difficult/unlikely, I would say.
#1 Well, had anyone ever lived that life?
Yes it is possible, but very difficult/unlikely, I would say.
@Kushagra_Mukherjee.
Ever heard of 'originality'?
Ever heard of 'originality'?
@AnonymousChessKing yes #6 is right , well .. probably Indians and Hindus will know Rama .. not many foreigners
#4 Raja Harishchandra koi iss naam ka insaan tha kya?I think tha!
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Depends on your definition of a "lie". And when it starts counting. I guess most – if not all – of us have knowingly said untrue things (or cheated in games) before the age of 5 (A:"Tag, you're it!" B:"No, you didn't tag me, I got away!").
If those things count, I think it would be impossible to meet the necessary criteria (for anyone who's able to speak before that age at least).
If you are asking whether one can make a conscious decision to never lie again as an adult, then it might be within the realms of possibility to go through with it (at least for some time). I agree with others in this thread, I think it would be pretty hard to achieve.
Here the concrete definition of "lie" comes into play. Do white lies count the same as proper lies? If they do, the difficulty will be increased significantly. In that case you could never say something that is not entirely true, not even for the purpose of not hurting someone's feelings. You would have to either go to every party you are ever invited to or tell people the blunt truth about why you don't want to (or act in an exceptionally strange manner by simply ghosting them). It's certainly possible, but could be quite stressful and at least some people might easily be offended by your behaviour. In how far you would still consider this a "normal" life is up to your interpretation.
Or consider comforting an upset friend. Of course you should strive for honesty in any situation (and in such a situation as well), but sometimes telling the blunt truth can make things worse in the moment. Your friend might not be ready to hear the full truth in that particular moment and it might be easier to stomach, if you wait until they have somewhat calmed down to before telling them.
Sometimes (in my opinion) you just have to say things like "It's going to be ok.", even if you know that it is unlikely to be fully true (at least in the short term). Saying (for example) "Your loved was killed in action and their body couldn't be returned home, so you'll never have the chance to properly say goodbye." just doesn't cut it, even if it might be more factually correct
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Again, if absolutely no white lies are allowed, then you might be a very honest friend (and people will and should appreciate that), but perhaps you wouldn't be very good at comforting other people in hard times.
Not everyone has to be good at comforting others, some people (in the real world) are in fact pretty bad at it (for various, sometimes personal reasons), but might still honestly express their regret in short words. That's ok in my opinion. But it would certainly be better for our emotional species, if some people were good comforters.
Whether or not that would be "normal" (what even is "normal") again depends on how you understand it.
In my opinion it is easy going through life without having to resort to proper, vicious lies (although this might perhaps depend on your circumstances of living?). I personally don't need and detest lies and deliberate dishonesty.
That being said, white lies (which I use more regularly) and deliberate, vicious lies lie on the same spectrum of dishonesty. Sometimes the distinction is hard to make. Even lies that you initially think of as insignificant, harmless "white lies" can quickly turn dark and consequential. So in any case, I believe one should consider the potential effects of one's actions carefully and strive towards the most amount of honesty that is reasonably possible in any given situation.
What that means, is up to you.
Depends on your definition of a "lie". And when it starts counting. I guess most – if not all – of us have knowingly said untrue things (or cheated in games) before the age of 5 (A:"Tag, you're it!" B:"No, you didn't tag me, I got away!").
If those things count, I think it would be impossible to meet the necessary criteria (for anyone who's able to speak before that age at least).
If you are asking whether one can make a conscious decision to never lie again as an adult, then it might be within the realms of possibility to go through with it (at least for some time). I agree with others in this thread, I think it would be pretty hard to achieve.
Here the concrete definition of "lie" comes into play. Do white lies count the same as proper lies? If they do, the difficulty will be increased significantly. In that case you could never say something that is not entirely true, not even for the purpose of not hurting someone's feelings. You would have to either go to every party you are ever invited to or tell people the blunt truth about why you don't want to (or act in an exceptionally strange manner by simply ghosting them). It's certainly possible, but could be quite stressful and at least some people might easily be offended by your behaviour. In how far you would still consider this a "normal" life is up to your interpretation.
Or consider comforting an upset friend. Of course you should strive for honesty in any situation (and in such a situation as well), but sometimes telling the blunt truth can make things worse in the moment. Your friend might not be ready to hear the full truth in that particular moment and it might be easier to stomach, if you wait until they have somewhat calmed down to before telling them.
Sometimes (in my opinion) you just have to say things like "It's going to be ok.", even if you know that it is unlikely to be fully true (at least in the short term). Saying (for example) "Your loved was killed in action and their body couldn't be returned home, so you'll never have the chance to properly say goodbye." just doesn't cut it, even if it might be more factually correct
.
Again, if absolutely no white lies are allowed, then you might be a very honest friend (and people will and should appreciate that), but perhaps you wouldn't be very good at comforting other people in hard times.
Not everyone has to be good at comforting others, some people (in the real world) are in fact pretty bad at it (for various, sometimes personal reasons), but might still honestly express their regret in short words. That's ok in my opinion. But it would certainly be better for our emotional species, if some people were good comforters.
Whether or not that would be "normal" (what even is "normal") again depends on how you understand it.
In my opinion it is easy going through life without having to resort to proper, vicious lies (although this might perhaps depend on your circumstances of living?). I personally don't need and detest lies and deliberate dishonesty.
That being said, white lies (which I use more regularly) and deliberate, vicious lies lie on the same spectrum of dishonesty. Sometimes the distinction is hard to make. Even lies that you initially think of as insignificant, harmless "white lies" can quickly turn dark and consequential. So in any case, I believe one should consider the potential effects of one's actions carefully and strive towards the most amount of honesty that is reasonably possible in any given situation.
What that means, is up to you.
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